Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Home values in Thessalon run 71% lower than the median of Ontario’s towns
The census median was $200,000 in 2021, against $695,000 for Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Thessalon. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $80,500. MPAC hasn’t reassessed since its 1 January 2016 values, which is why the figure sits well under the census value; it compares only within Ontario.
What Thessalon’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $215K
- Owners
- 400
- Ontario’s towns
- $695K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential, MPAC 2016 base
- Ontario’s towns
- $232K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Houses in Thessalon carry assessments 61% under the middle of Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 93% of the 535 properties on Thessalon’s 2024 roll.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Ontario’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
More homes in poor repair than most: 11% in Thessalon (Ontario’s towns: 6%)
Thessalon had 560 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 81% of them single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Thessalon | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 17% | 9% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
6.1 new homes a year per 1,000 in Thessalon: fewer than Ontario’s towns (15)
Building permits added 18 homes in Thessalon between 2018 and 2023: some 3 a year. Most were houses: 59% went into single-unit buildings, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2022: 12 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Thessalon is 71% below the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
The census values of Ontario’s towns, 871 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Thessalon’s neighbours by home value
Next to Thessalon: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Thessalon has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 16–47 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thessalon | $200K | $215K | 71% | |
| Huron Shores | $200K | $250K | 89% | 15.7 |
| St. Joseph | $348K | $368K | 88% | 38.9 |
| Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional | $260K | $324K | 92% | 43.9 |
| Laird | $300K | $330K | 96% | 44.1 |
| Blind River | $200K | $249K | 71% | 47.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Thessalon
Is Thessalon expensive for Ontario?
On census values, Thessalon sits among the cheaper of Ontario’s towns (median $695,000).
How many households in Thessalon are in core housing need?
17% of Thessalon’s households, above the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).